Vaccine hysteria harms public health

Vaccine hysteria has led to “disease amnesia,” in which parents believe vaccinations are more dangerous than the diseases they protect against, says Joan Retsinas in AlterNet. Parents should remember the 1950s, when children died from contagious diseases, she says.

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1. This isn’t the 1950’s. Health care and technology has radically improved our ability to treat ilness in the 21st century.

2. Studies only prove one vaccine isn’t deadly for ALL, but where are the studies that show ALL vaccines DON’T mess with, alter, or irrevocably impaire the gene pool. There’s always unintended consequences.